Region: Eastern Europe & Russia · Coordinates: 55.752, 37.618 · 33 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1238 | Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) | Moscow («مسکو») was taken within a few days, and a man called «Ulai Temür» was killed. Then a large city was besieged for eight days and taken (the city name «بوری» is uncertain). |
| AD 1340 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Ivan Danilovich dies in Moscow after taking monastic vows; the princes go to the Horde. |
| AD 1353 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Grand Prince Semyon Ivanovich dies along with his two sons. |
| AD 1367 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | Doubting the reliability of wooden defenses, the grand prince, with his brother Vladimir Andreevich and others, decided to rebuild Moscow's defenses in stone. |
| AD 1370 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | Lithuanian troops ravaged the surroundings for eight days and burned the suburbs, but could not take the Kremlin; Dmitry commanded the defense. |
| AD 1382 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | The fight lasted three days; the enemy, lacking siege weapons, tried to take the city by force but suffered greater losses, as Karamzin describes (the city name is inferred from context). |
| AD 1382 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Tokhtamysh captures and burns Moscow; Pereiaslavl, Kolomna and others are also devastated. |
| AD 1389 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Grand Prince Dmitri Ivanovich dies in Moscow on 9 May. |
| AD 1431 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Metropolitan Photius dies in Moscow. |
| AD 1434 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Yuri Dmitrievich takes Moscow and sits on the grand princely throne. |
| AD 1436 | Novgorod First Chronicle | Vasily Yuryevich is blinded in Moscow by Vasily Vasilyevich. |
| AD 1442 | Novgorod First Chronicle | The metropolitan comes from Lithuania to Moscow; Grand Prince Vasily objects that he prayed for the Roman pope. |
| AD 1542 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | The boyars burst into the grand prince's room and exiled the archbishop to Kirillov Monastery (Beloozero) (Moscow inferred from context). |
| AD 1547 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | The gunpowder tower exploded, part of the walls collapsed into the river, and on 20 April the whole street across the Yauza burned. |
| AD 1553 | Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations | Chancellor's voyage to the White Sea and Moscow — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) |
| AD 1563 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | The envoy of Sigismund came to Moscow on 5 December 1563 and demanded the return of Novgorod, Pskov and others. |
| AD 1568 | Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations | Randolph's embassy to the Russian Tsar — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) |
| AD 1569 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | Fearing the khan's renewed attack, they abolished the suburbs of Moscow, moved merchants and citizens inside the walls, and forbade tall buildings. |
| AD 1571 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | Moscow, burned by the khan in 1571, remained in ruins until Ivan's death. |
| AD 1582 | Remezov Siberian Chronicle | On December 22 Ivan Kolcho went with his men and the yasak to Moscow by the Wolf Road; Ivan IV rejoiced at the news of the conquest of Siberia and sent Yermak two suits of armor and fur coats. |
| AD 1583 | Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations | Jerome Bowes's embassy to Russia — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) |
| AD 1583 | Remezov Siberian Chronicle | On November 21 Yermak sent the captured Prince Mametkul and the yasak to Tsar Fyodor in Moscow and received hospitality and rewards. |
| AD 1586 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | In 1586 work began to enclose the great posad with a wall to build the Belyy Gorod (the tsar's fortress), starting at the Tver gate, by the architect Konon Fyodorov. |
| AD 1588 | Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations | Giles Fletcher's embassy to Russia — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) |
| AD 1588 | Remezov Siberian Chronicle | On September 10 Chorkov sent Seydyak, Saltan and Karacha to Moscow; the tsar had them baptized and gave them estates and provisions. |
| AD 1590 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | In October 1590 Sigismund's envoys Radomski and Voina arrived at Moscow to negotiate peace and an alliance. |
| AD 1598 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | To defend the capital, they set governors for the walls and towers and leaders for the sorties, and on 10 May held a council of measures at the village of Kuzminskoe (preparations against a siege). |
| AD 1598 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | Boris's coronation moved people more than any coronation, and at the gate Mstislavsky greeted him by scattering gold. |
| AD 1598 | Remezov Siberian Chronicle | Kuchum's three sons, two daughters and six wives, sent from Tara and Tobolsk to Moscow, were received by Tsar Boris, who praised the Siberians and gave them gold coins and rewards. |
| AD 1605 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | The papal legate Lagoni congratulated the false Dmitry on his throne with a splendid letter. |
| AD 1610 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | At the Danilov monastery, Lyapunov declared that Shuisky had been deposed. |
| AD 1611 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | In the battle of 6 April 1611 Lyapunov gained the name of a lion-like general, and the besieged Poles were astonished at the number and command of the Rus troops. |
| AD 1611 | Karamzin, History of the Russian State | Gosiewski's report of his burning of Moscow and the Rus advance reached Sigismund along with the spoils. |